Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

During the discussions on this, including some of the informal consultations my officials and I did, this issue was raised. At the time, we in the Department said we were confident that all institutions that we know to have been involved in adoptions, touching on the issue of illegal birth registrations, were subject to regulation or inspection by a public body and, as such, would be covered within the existing definitions. At the time, we asked whether there were specific examples and whether there was X or Y institution that would not fall within this definition and, to my knowledge, no clear example of the existing definition failing to cover an institution involved has been provided. I am of the view, therefore, that we have a clear definition that covers all bodies involved in this area. If Senator Higgins has a clear example of something we are missing, I am open to considering it, but I think this is a solid and all-encompassing definition.